By: Frank Dalleres

Sports Editor Frank Dalleres is Sports Editor of City AM. He has almost two decades' experience covering the business of sport and has reported from Olympic Games and major international football, rugby union, tennis and golf competitions, both at home and abroad. Get in touch with stories and tip-offs and follow him on X at @frankdalleres

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England part with Stuart Lancaster and ready to raid the coffers for top international coach

November 11, 2015

Rugby chief Ian Ritchie has insisted that he is prepared to break the bank in order to secure a candidate with proven international experience to replace Stuart Lancaster, whose departure as England head coach was confirmed on Wednesday. Lancaster left his post by mutual consent following a review into England’s dismal World Cup showing, a [...]
Russia doping scandal: Britain’s drug-testing system is worse than ours, says under-fire sports minister Vitaly Mutko

November 11, 2015

Russia's under-fire sports minister Vitaly Mutko has responded to claims that he was complicit in a state-sponsored doping programme by attacking British anti-drug efforts. A bombshell report by a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent commission on Monday said the London 2012 Olympics had been “sabotaged” by the avoidable presence of Russian drug-cheats. Former Wada chief [...]
Andy Murray and Great Britain would beat Belgium in the Davis Cup final eight times out of 10, says John McEnroe

November 10, 2015

It may be almost 80 years since they last won the Davis Cup, but John McEnroe insists Great Britain should be considered hot favourites when they face Belgium in the final this month. Britain also faces the dual inconvenience of being the away team and playing on clay, although talisman Andy Murray has been practising on [...]
Roy Hodgson must decide on his best England team and stick with it against Spain and France if he hopes to succeed at Euro 2016

November 10, 2015

The last thing I want to read next Wednesday is that coach Roy Hodgson rested players for one or other of England’s friendlies against Spain and France because he didn’t want to upset their club managers. These two matches over the next seven days are a chance for England to raise the bar against better [...]
Wada’s report on Russian athletics shows it’s been too easy to corrupt current anti-doping system

November 10, 2015

The long-awaited independent commission report of an investigation into allegations first revealed in a German TV documentary shocked but does not surprise those who remember state institutionalised doping of the 1970s. The documentary itself was controversial, alleging doping practices, bribery and corruption in the Russian national anti-doping system involving national doping control officers, laboratory scientists, [...]
Russell Knox takes his place in golf’s elite with breakthrough WGC-HSBC Champions win

November 9, 2015

I had to double-check when I heard that his landmark win at the WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai was Russell Knox’s first on either the European Tour or PGA Tour. Being a Scot, I’d been aware of him for a while and had kept an eye on his progress in the United States, where he plays [...]
Wada report calls for Russia to be banned from athletics for “deeply rooted culture of cheating”

November 9, 2015

Russia should be banned from athletics for allowing a “deeply rooted culture of cheating” to fester, according to a bombshell report published today by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada). Wada’s independent commission also called for 10 individuals, including five athletes, to be banned from the sport for life, and said Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory should have [...]
Alan Pardew urges Crystal Palace to use Liverpool win as springboard after Scott Dann’s late header ends Jurgen Klopp’s Anfield honeymoon

November 8, 2015

Liverpool 1, Crystal Palace 2 Crystal Palace manager Alan Pardew urged his team to draw belief from their latest notable scalp after the Eagles brought an abrupt end to Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool honeymoon. Defender Scott Dann’s 81st-minute header lifted Palace to seventh in the Premier League, two points off the top four, after Reds midfielder [...]
Lord Coe: Lamine Diack corruption allegations shocked and angered me

November 8, 2015

World athletics chief Lord Coe insists he had no knowledge of allegations that his predecessor Lamine Diack took bribes to cover up positive drug tests until the claims became public last week. His comments came on the eve of Monday's publication of a year-long probe by the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) that is expected wreak [...]
England v New Zealand match at Olympic Stadium can help us grow the game in London, says Rugby Football League boss Nigel Wood

November 5, 2015

Not only is it a chance to topple the globe’s No1 ranked team and gain revenge for World Cup heartache, but England’s showdown with New Zealand at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday is the next instalment of rugby league’s quest to unlock a latent capital fanbase. London has not staged international rugby league since a [...]

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